Shoulder Arthroscopy Surgery at Hospital Clinica Biblica – best choice in Orthopedic Surgery

Medical Tourism Orthopedic surgery Shoulder arthroscopy

Shoulder arthroscopy

     
General description
Orthopedic surgery of this type is perform to examine or repair the tissue inside or around the shoulder joint.

Pre-surgery tests required are few. If you suffer from a particular condition, related tests must be performed.

Benefits
Shoulder arthroscopy allows the physician to visualize, through small incisions, two anatomical areas: the joint itself and the subacromial space.

Technical description
Procedure – This type of orthopedic surgery follows a procedure that uses a camera called arthroscopy, inserted in the body through a small incision. If the doctor has to repair a joint, he will also use small surgical instruments.

Hospitalization – Shoulder arthroscopy does not need you to stay at the hospital.

Time – Shoulder arthroscopy takes around 2 hours and does not requires you to stay more than 23 hours in the hospital.

 

   
Prices

Total cost will vary according to individual needs.


Physicians

Orthopedists and traumatologists

Dr. Álvarez Murillo
   
Dr. Blandón Díaz
   
Dr. Oeding Bermúdez
   
 
 
 
   
References


Hip


 • Hip replacement

Extremity - arms

• Shoulder arthroscopy

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Extremity - legs

Toe deformity

Knee replacement

Knee cruciate ligament repair

Knee arthroscopy

 

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